This presentation describes a networking approach using Extension Educators, subject matter specialists, USDA and State Departments of Agriculture personnel to successfully assist immigrants and other minority groups in Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic region. Presented by Andy Wethereill, Delaware State University on April 2, 2015 at the Extension Risk Management National Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

A conference co-organized by the Penn State-based Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development and the National Value-Added Agriculture Conference took place on May 13-15, 2014. The event, which had a theme of “Enhancing Food Security and Rural Viability through Innovative Food System Practices and Opportunities,” featured 33 workshops and breakout sessions, and a selection of those presentations is available here.

Climate change and its implications for local and regional food systems was the topic of this webinar, hosted by Center Scholar Dr. Doolarie Singh-Knights of West Virginia University on April 25, 2014.

"Linking Sustainability, Food, Health, and the Environment: Research, Outreach, and Education Implications for the Northeast," was the topic of this webinar, hosted by Center Scholar Dr. Doolarie Singh-Knights of West Virginia University on September 13, 2013.

Watch the archived webinar and see the presentations for "An Open Forum to Strengthen Collaborations between Research, Outreach and Education for the Northeast Food System," which was organized by Dr. Doolarie Singh-Knights of West Virginia University and took place on May 31, 2013.

Presented by Dr. Stephan Goetz, Director, The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development and Penn State Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics. Prepared for the Northeast 4-H Program Leaders' Summer Meeting, July 30, 2013.

Stephan J. Goetz, Ph.D. Director, The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development and Professor of Agricultural and Regional Economics - The Pennsylvania State University; Prepared for the ESS/SAES/ARD National Meeting, Portsmouth, NH; September 25, 2012